Access Points (keywords / words)

There are two primary methods for searching by topic: keyword and subject. There are advantages and disadvantages to each method. Sometimes it is useful to try both methods.

Keyword / Word is a very popular way of locating information in an online catalog. It allows you to search for individual words in the title, subject and other fields in the record.

For example, if you did a keyword search using the words "space stations", you would find items with the words "space" and "stations" located in the TITLE field.

You searched for the WORDS: space stations Record 6 of 38
Call Number	TL797.E54 1985
TITLE	Engineering and configurations of space stations and platforms/ by NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Systems Engineering and Integration, Space Station Program Office.
Publisher	Park Ridge, N.J., U.S.A. : Noyes Publications, c1985.
Description	xviii, 773 p. :ill. ;25 cm.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. 746-748.
Note	Includes Index
Subject	Space Stations -- Design and Construction
Added Author	Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. Space Station Program Office.
ISBN	0815510446 :

You would also find items with the words "space" and "stations" located in the SUBJECT field.

You searched for the KEYWORDS: space stations Record 25 of 38
Call Number	TL797.G86 1990
Author	Gump, David
Title	Space Enterprise : beyond NASA / David P. Gump
Publisher	New York : Praeger, 1990.
Description	220 p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-215).
SUBJECT	Space Stations Space Industrialization
ISBN	0275933148 (alk. paper) :

And sometimes you would find items with the words "space" and "stations" located in other fields of the record, such as notes, SUMMARY, etc.

You searched for the KEYWORDS: space stations Record 18 of 38
Call Number	629.47 BUT982S (WB)
Author	Butterfield, Moira, 1961-
Title	Satellites & Space Stations / Moira Butterfield Illustrated by Peter Bull ... [et al.]
Publisher	London : Usborne Publishing Ltd. ; Tulsa, OK
Description	48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. Usborne new technology
SUMMARY	An explanation of what satellites and space stations are.
Note	Includes Index.

NOTE: Your search terms may not appear in the same field and/or the retrieved item may not be related to your topic (called false drops). See example below:

You searched for the KEYWORDS: space stations Record 9 of 38
Call Number	TH7511 .G4
Author	Geiringer, Paul L.
TITLE	High temperature water heating, its theory and practice for district and space heating applications.
Publisher	New York, Wiley [1963]
Description	333 p. Illus. 24cm.
Bibliography	Includes Bibliography
SUBJECT	Heating from central stations.